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Biography
Fu Wan came from a family renowned for their studies in Confucian classics. He was known for his depth and magnanimity, inheriting the title of Buqi Marquis. He married Princess Yang'an, Liu Hua, the daughter of Emperor Huan of Han, and served as an Attendant-in-Ordinary. In 195 AD, during Xingping's second year, his daughter Fu Shou was made Empress by Emperor Xian of Han (Liu Xie), and he was promoted to Commander of the Guards.
In 196 AD, during the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian to his capital. Fu Wan was appointed as a General Who Assists the State, with the same ceremonial status as the Three Excellencies. After Emperor Xian moved to Xu, Cao Cao took on the role of Grand Commandant, controlling both power and governance. Fu Wan then returned his seal and was reassigned as an Imperial Doctor of the Palace. Later, he was promoted to Cavalry Commandant. In 200 AD, during Jian'an's fifth year, Dong Cheng and others plotted to assassinate Cao Cao but failed and were killed. Empress Fu had written a letter to her father, Fu Wan, requesting him to plot against Cao Cao, but Fu Wan did not dare to act. According to the Spring and Autumn Annals of Emperor Xian, Fu Wan even showed the letter to his wife Fan's brother, Fan Pu (it is unknown if Fan was Fu Wan's original wife or a second wife, or if she was Empress Fu's mother Ying). Fan Pu sealed the letter and informed Cao Cao.
In 209 AD, during Jian'an's fourteenth year, Fu Wan died. His son, Fu Dian, inherited the marquisate. In 214 AD, during Jian'an's nineteenth year, Empress Fu's plot was exposed, leading to her execution and the killing of over a hundred members of her clan. Nineteen people, including Empress Fu's mother Ying, were exiled to Zhuo Commandery.
Descendants
• Fu Dian, successor of the marquisate.
• Fu De, brother of Empress Fu. During Emperor Xian's escape from Chang'an to Luoyang, Fu De supported his sister, Empress Fu, and carried ten bolts of silk in one hand. In 214 AD (Jian'an nineteenth year), after Empress Fu was deposed and executed, Fu De and over a hundred members of his clan were also killed.
• Fu Ya
• Fu Jun
• Fu Zun
• Fu Lang
Adaptation in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 66, "Guanyu Attends a Meeting with a Single Sword; Empress Fu Dies for Her Country," it is narrated that due to Cao Cao's arrogant and disrespectful behavior, Empress Fu wrote a letter which was delivered to Fu Wan by Mu Shun. The letter proposed a secret plot to ally with Sun Quan and Liu Bei to eliminate Cao Cao. Later, Cao Cao found Fu Wan's reply in Mu Shun's hair and ordered Hua Xin and Xi Lu to kill Empress Fu, Fu Wan, and all members of their clan.
Notes
References
• 伏完 (Chinese)
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Fu Wan (2nd century - 209 AD), style name unknown, was from Langya Dongwu in Eastern Han. He was a descendant of Western Han's Fu Sheng and the sixth-generation grandson of Grand Minister of Works Fu Zhan. He was the father of Empress Fu, who served under Emperor Xian of Han.